"An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always …" — John Locke

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself

Character is power

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues

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